|Full description=Compares two files on a word per word basis, finding the word deleted or added from the first file to make the second. A word is defined as anything between whitespace. It works by creating two temporary files, one word per line, and the executes 'diff' on these fields. It collects the 'diff' output and uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between the original files.

|Full description=Compares two files on a word per word basis, finding the word deleted or added from the first file to make the second. A word is defined as anything between whitespace. It works by creating two temporary files, one word per line, and the executes 'diff' on these fields. It collects the 'diff' output and uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between the original files.

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|Homepage URL=http://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/

|User level=none

|User level=none

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|Component programs=unify,mdiff

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|Computer languages=C

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|Documentation note=User manual included and available at http://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/manual/

Revision as of 15:12, 12 October 2012

GNU wdiff

https://www.gnu.org/software/wdiff/
Compares two files on a word per word basis, finding the word deleted or added from the first file to make the second. A word is defined as anything between whitespace. It works by creating two temporary files, one word per line, and the executes 'diff' on these fields. It collects the 'diff' output and uses it to produce a nicer display of word differences between the original files.

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